UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

TENTH CIRCUIT

RICHARD ANTHONY BOURIE,

Petitioner - Appellant,

No. 97-1343
v.	(D. Colorado)
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF COLORADO,

Respondent - Appellee.	(D.C. No. 97-B-1625)

ORDER AND JUDGMENT*

Before ANDERSON, McKAY, and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument.

Appellant Richard Anthony Bourie, proceeding pro se, appeals the dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas action, in which he sought relief from a civil, state personnel "corrective action" he received based on his use of excessive force in the course of an arrest he made while employed as a police officer by the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. The district court held it lacked jurisdiction to hear a habeas petition based solely on a civil state personnel proceeding, and dismissed Mr. Bourie's petition.

We deny Mr. Bourie's request for a certificate of appealability and dismiss his petition for substantially the reasons stated in the district court's order dated August 26, 1997.

ENTERED FOR THE COURT

Stephen H. Anderson

Circuit Judge